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Pet food e-commerce boom has major influence on manufacturers' operations

Online shoppers' preferences lead to faster product development and more direct-to-consumer shipping of dog and cat food

Rose Shilling

August 14, 2020

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Skyrocketing online shopping for pet food is changing significant parts of how manufacturers operate.

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Packaging trends in pet food production

Packaging is king in the growing market for premium dog and cat food

Rose Shilling

May 28, 2020

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Packaging has a key role in the pet food industry’s robust growth, helping showcase quality, safety and sustainability, especially for premium products.

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Freshpet’s new kitchen design indistinguishable from human food processing

Refrigerated pet food maker chooses CRB to develop the site

Rose Shilling

May 6, 2020

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CRB will develop Freshpet’s third kitchen for fresh, refrigerated pet food with a design that matches human food processing lines, appealing to shoppers who want pet food that’s as safe as what they eat.

Pet food quality expectations mirror trends in human food

From premium ingredients to sustainable manufacturing practices, the food we feed our pets mirrors what we eat

Sharon Spielman

February 24, 2020

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As consumers change how they feel about their pets, it creates new challenges for pet food manufacturers that must respond to customer demands to feed pets like people.

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Premium pet food users want green packaging that recloses easily

Rose Shilling

December 18, 2019

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More sustainable packaging might tip some people toward trying a different high-end dog or cat food.

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Expectations for conveniently packaged specialty pet food create challenges

Wayne Labs

December 16, 2019

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In this article, we look at how the growth of consumer demands and regulations is modernizing pet food operations.

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Dog food maker puts your pup's photo on treat pouches

Rose Shilling

October 14, 2019

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We all know personalization and custom batches are trends for people food, but they’re for pets too.

Complying with FSMA for pet food manufacturing

Wayne Labs

September 17, 2019

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Bad news first: If you make pet food, have an older facility and have been putting off examining your operation in light of FSMA, rushing to comply with the new food safety rules for animal foods is probably proving to be a challenge.

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Tuffy’s Pet Foods breaks ground on pet treat facility

Facility will employ 150

Casey Laughman

August 8, 2019

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Tuffy’s Pet Foods has broken ground on a 173,500 sq. ft. facility in Delano, Minn.

Consumer demands, regulatory requirements shape pet food processing trends

Sharon Spielman

May 31, 2019

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Pet food follows broader human food trends because it must appeal to pet owners who buy it, and these consumers are now expecting the same high standards for their animals' food as their own: convenience, quality, authenticity and transparency.

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2020 December

In the December 2020 issue of Food Engineering, Pod Pack's Baton Rouge, La. facility is named a Fabulous Food Plant. Also in this issue, we present a recap of this year's FA&M Conference.

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